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Monday, August 31, 2015

It's the first day of school here, but I am still hanging on to summer as long as I can!

Today, I have a new card to share with you this week for The Kraft Journal's Color Challenge. I took the color inspiration literally "Watermelon" I started by using Blackboard Stock Paper for the card base which I layered a red cardstock and a black and white polka dot patterned paper.

I took a length of Red Baker's Twine
and wrapped it around the card front several times tying off in a bow. I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment (My Creative Time) in a stitched oval label die (MCT)
and placed just above the Red Baker's Twine. Next I die-cut some decorative layered label dies to be the backdrop for the watermelon. I used the Preserves Cricut Cartridge to cut it out.

Here is the color inspiration for this week.

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the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me
Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from TheKraft Outletstore.

Monday, August 24, 2015

I tried to keep the new challenge this week at TheKraft JournalCAS-Thank You, as clean as I could,
but CAS is not the easiest challenge for me.

I started with a card base
of Brown Kraft Coverweight cardstock onto which I added a navy star embossed layer. To the right, I stamped some baseballs (DeNami Design) using Versamark Ink onto a narrowBrownKraft
panel and added it to the right side of the card. I took a length of
Red Baker'sTwineand wrapped it around the right side of the card front
and tied in a double bow where the papers meet. I die-cut the word
grateful (My Creative Time) in red cardstock and added to the bottom of the navy star
embossed panel. I then used the Silhouette machine to die-cut the Washington Nationals Curly W which I placed on a die-cut layer.

Please be sure to head over to the The KraftJournalto check out the projects by the other talented ladies. We hope to see your CAS-Thank You creations in
the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me
Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from TheKraft Outletstore.

Monday, August 17, 2015

This week at The Kraft Journal the new challenge is Birds. I started with a card base of Brown KraftCover Weight Cardstock
which I layered pieced patterned papers together leaving the bottom
of the A2 size card exposed to a thin space of Kraft. In black ink, I
stamped "So Tweet of you" (Wilson Designs) to the lower right corner. Next I took a BrownKraftTag and stamped small butterfly images (DeNami Design) in Versa Mark Ink to create a subtle background.

Once the stamping was done, I added NaturalTwill Tape to the top of the tag next adding the prepped tag to the card front horizontally in the center. Next I took a VintageBlack Journaling Card
that has a bird on it to the left of the card front. I die-cut a
decorative circle in gray cardstock adding a punched scallop circle from
VintageDictionary Pages to the center. I used my Cricut machine to cut out the bird using the Wall Decor and More cartridge by cutting it out three times with Brown Kraft Cover WeightCardstock
and gluing them on top of the other to form a replica of chipboard.
Next I cut the bird one more time from gray patterned paper and glued
it to the top of the prepped chipboard piece adding it to the right of
the decorative circle. In the center I added a multi-loop bow created
from Earthy HempCord adding a resin pink flower to the center to complete the card.

Please be sure to head over to the The KraftJournalto check out the projects by the other talented ladies. We hope to see your Bird creations in
the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me
Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from The Kraft Outletstore.

Monday, August 10, 2015

I love making school themed cards and this week's Take Your Pick challenge is perfect for that. I started with a card base of Brown Kraft Cover Weight Cardstock which I layered with an alphabet patterned paper leaving the bottom of the
kraft exposed. I stamped a Reverse Confetti sentiment in the lower right corner in
black ink. I took a length of Natural TwillTapeand wrapped it around
the card front where the patterned paper ended tying the ends off with a
bow of DarkGreen Baker'sTwine and a red button.

Please be sure to head over to the The Kraft Journalto check out the projects by the other talented ladies. We hope to see your Take Your Pick creations in
the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me
Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from TheKraft Outletstore.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Hard to believe we have hit the first Monday in August. The summer is flying right on by and the kiddos will be heading back to school soon.

To help you get ready, we have a "Back to School" challenge at TheKraft Journal this week.

I started with a card base of Blackboard Stock Paperonto which I layered the pieced school themed papers. I tied a length of Red Baker's Twinearound where the pieces meet and tied in a bow. I then took one of The Kraft Outlet's Yellow LibraryCard
and stamped some number and the date (My Creative Time) before adding it at an angle to
the card front. Next I die-cut a stitched rectangle (My Creative Time) from BlackboardStock Paperto
which I stamped a Welcome Back to school sentiment and apple (My Creative Time) using
the chalkboard technique. I then placed it at an angle on the YellowLibrary Card. Lastly I cut a pencil (My Creative Time) from BrownKraft Cardstockand decorated it with other papers from my stash of scraps and added it to the card.

Please be sure to head over to the The KraftJournalto check out the projects by the other talented ladies. We hope to see your Back to School creations in
the gallery this week for your chance to be featured on our "Feature me
Friday" post as well as be entered to win a $15.00 gift voucher from TheKraft Outletstore.